David VITTER

(1961- )

Senate Years of Service:

2005-

Party:

Republican

VITTER, David, a Senator
and a Representative from Louisiana; born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 3, 1961; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass., 1983; Rhodes Scholar; B.A., Oxford University, Oxford,
England, 1985; J.D., Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans,
La., 1988; member of the Louisiana state house of representatives,
1992-1999; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixth
Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of United States Representative Robert L. Livingston,
Jr.; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (May 29,
1999-January 3, 2005); was not a candidate for reelection to the
House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States
Senate in 2004; reelected in 2010 for the term ending January 3,
2017.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present